Internships
Required experience: Internship

Company profile:
About the CompanyAviary makes the world’s best photo editor. It’s used in more than 6,000 apps, including our own, which is a Top 100 app on both iOS and Android. Each month, more than 65 million people actively use our products.The Aviary team is on a mission to democratize creativity. The company was founded by the creators of Worth1000, who have always been obsessed with the idea of turning everyone in the world into artists. We are 25 people based in New York and financially backed by leading investors including Spark Capital, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Aviary is well positioned to lead the next generation of creative companies.Aviary has a highly team-driven company culture. Everyone in the company is great to work with and contributes meaningfully to the overall company direction. As one might expect, we are a creative group inside of work and out: whether it’s painting, improv comedy, bagpipes, or karaoke, our team members have diverse and interesting passions. We keep our culture startup-friendly to the core (ping-pong tables, free lunches and party games abound) and plan to keep it that way forever, whether we are 25 people or thousands.Why work at Aviary?We build beautiful photo editing software that can be used in any application. We're a small, creative team and we're passionate about powering the world's creativity. If you're an awesome person who wants to help us achieve that goal, we'd love to hear from you!Working with usYou'll work in a fast-paced startup environment, full of challenges and new opportunities. We can promise with complete confidence that you will never be bored.Share a workspace with a variety of creative, interesting people with a huge range of weird hobbies.Great location for commuters: our windows literally overlook Madison Square Garden. We may or may not have tried projecting our website onto MSG. (We totally did. It totally worked.)Our conference table doubles as a pool table. Plus, we have heated matches of ping pong, foosball, and Fifa to help get the creative juices flowing!PerksWe want a happy, healthy, and creative team. We know you can't have that without real work/life balance and plenty of perks. To that end, we offer:Competitive salaries, full medical/dental insurance, tons of paid vacation, and an ample budget to customize a top-notch workstation to your heart’s content.All the free coffee and snacks you can consume. Fully stocked fridge. Catered team lunches four days a week.Constant learning. Coding workshops, company-sponsored educational courses, and genius coworkers who show each other new things every day.

Job description:
About Aviary InternshipsWe're always looking to add smart innovative people to our team, and that search doesn't stop at full time positions. We have a year-round internship program in a ton of different areas (engineering, business development, marketing, product, design - you name it!).Our internships are a great opportunity for you to learn, but because we're such a small team (less than 30 people), every single person's contributions are incredibly impactful for the company. This means you'll be working on real projects, you'll have real deadlines and goals, and you'll be an invaluable part of our team.Our mission is to provide the magic to help people re-imagine, re-shape, and re-share the world they see around them. If creative tools and improving the world's communication resonate with you, we'd love to hear from you.How to ApplyPlease include a short cover letter in your application, which expresses your interest in Aviary, your career aspirations, and how you can contribute a unique skill or perspective to our team.About AviaryBecause we're a startup, a lot of us are cross-functional across teams and projects. But at a high level, here's a little bit about how we work:Product TeamA data driven group of designers, product managers and QA specialists, our product team focuses on building powerful photo editing tools that delight our users. Business Development TeamBetween games of ping pong, our BD team focuses on growing our partner network and our userbase through strategic enterprise integrations, long tail developer network initiatives, and OEM partnerships. Engineering TeamOur team of brilliant engineers work in an Agile environment to constantly innovate on various platforms and push the limits of the mobile and web space.

Requirements:
Startup mentality: you should thrive in a fast-paced (sometimes stressful) environment, you should be comfortable managing your own workload, and you should have the ability to contribute great creative ideas to your teamTireless enthusiasmAn insatiable hunger for learningCreative problem solverFlawless verbal and written communicationPassion for photography and Aviary's company missionDeep interest in all things tech: mobile apps, social media, programming, startups

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